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? ? <i i EM WATCHMAN, gaiaHMml April, ISM. 'Be Just and Fear ? I Let an Iba <n*s Thon Alaaa't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Tralh's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established June, 1SSS Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. S?MTER. S. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1912. Vol. XXXIV. No. 62. JONES SUPPO^EflN^GHEERFUL RKFORTS KKACH IM ? COLUMBIA ! AROtK A ( KOWMMi MAJORITY. Kdgvftrld I v|?rlnl |o <.|Ve llu> ; Judge Two Vote* to Hleam?'* One. spnrtnnhurg Now (on>Ul ereil Safe for J?m\ bjr IHer Two Thousand. Young Men Takln? Kagw Intenst. Columbia. Aug. 11.?A gentleman, who has been in twelve of the big Pledraont counties and through 21 cotton mill villages in the last few weeks, returned here with good news of the Jonss sentiment among the cot? ton mill operatlvee. He stated that Judge Jones was going to get a lot of the cotton mill vote and said that j the Blease men were going to nnd out J on election day Just how strong Jones j is among the mill people. This gentle mam said he hadn't attended a single j campaign meeting, but he has been In the counties where the candidates hav? spoken in the up-country and he found almost In every county people changing from Bleaee to Jones follow? ing the campaign meetings. He said that the prevailing opinion in the up country was that Jones was already aa good as elected. The Jones tide In his opinion la overwhelming through? out that part of the State In which he has been. A gentleman from Johnston, in Kd geile Id county, said that out about 300 votes at the two clubs the |j Blesse would get a dosen. He ?uid that It Is unanimous for Jones In his section, and that scarcely a Blease maa could be found at Ridge Spring, j A great many people figure that Edge- ! neld county will go for Jones by two . re one. That there are people going to vote this year who haven't <?d before for many elections, and that they are go? ing to be Jonee votes Is evidenced by a statement made here by a railroad snaa who said that'he hadn't voted for Seventeen years, but that he was cer jjH'T going to vote this year and for [lodge Jonee. Another gentleman told Ppftl surr sap undent that he hadn't voted in ten years, hut that he was going to cast a ballot for Judge Jonee this election. The Illustration* oould be multiplied Indefinitely, show? ing that there will be pracMcaily none who refrain from voting this year, and while in tr* second primary two years ago several thousand voters re? frained from going to the polls th ?? vast majority of them are going to vote this year and for Judge Jams for Ooveraor. The young men, te the number of several thousand, who are Just com? ing of age. and who will cast their ballots for the first time this year are going to give the hulk of their vote :q Jadge Jonee. Jedirlng from expr-?s ttona heard every diy on the streefs. They are reg interim? in large num? bers and openly proclaiming that thry are Jonee pepoto. Oood Jonee news la coming in from Spartan burg According to a resident of that olty. two years ago, the city of Spartanburg polled about 1.300 vote* nnd this year there are about J.eee on the club roll? in the city of Spartanburg. This gentleman stated tlisvt practically all of this Increase was going to be Jones votes and he esti? mated the majority for the Judge\in that city alone at 1.500. Then he stated that the great bulk of the far? mers of Rpnrtunburg county would go to Jones, and he aald that Spartanburg would gtvs Jones a majority ranging fem 2.S00 to 3,000. He said that tre strong Jon?a sentiment in Sp.ir t an burg U on the Increase dally end that he believed the county would poll 11.000 votes thin year. A Lauren* man atuted this morn Intc tb?4t he v. ?s confident tb.it the large number of dally additions to the Jones ranka would likely throw that e.?unty Into the Jonee column on elec? tion day. He said that the drift to Jones In I*aurens is surprising. Sumter county gave r'eatherston.. majority of abo>,t .'no \v><< year-* over Blease. and Senator Clifton, of that county. Haid tod av that Sumter would go for Jone? by 400. Reports fn?rn all over the i'ee ive section re? late the increasing strength of what Is certain to he a big J'?n?^ majority. Hay after day the JegrSfl |Mf is m cresslng In strength, ? n ed on report* that are heard from p? ml" who ITS reaching Columbia. These statements come not from politician-, but from people who are familiar with e\.u> walk of life and who are familiar with the conditions In the??- counties As the election draws ?SafSf the Jogge; talk '.n creases. H| hland county polled about 4,000 ?g two years ago, but from unof flclsl ggf OSS it is said that sbout 7, 000 names are on the club rolls in DEMOCRATIC YEAR SAYS WU.30N \0>ll.. KK THINKS AM Kit I CAN PKOPLK ARK RKSPONS1VF. I*rl\iicge is Giving Way to Pressure of K.nlightcncd Public Opinion. Trenon. N. J., Aug. 20?"This is a Democratic year," said Gov. Woodrow Wilson in aduressing the Democratic League of Trenton at the fair grounds today. 'It is not a Democratic year be? cause we wish it to be but because America is responsive to the impulses of the world. Privilege is giving way in all countries to the pressure of public opinion." The governor reiterated that ne was under no obligation for his nom- ! (nation to the presidency. "I need not tell you." he said. 'Vaat the nomina? tion was received without promise to anybody." "Not even to Jim Smith?" inter? rupted a voice and there was a laugh. "I never made any promises to him or any one else," continued the gov? ernor. "I have made no promises ex ? cept to the people of the United States. Every man is under bond to the people of the United States. You can't serve one class at a time and you can pick no favorites. "The Democratic party as now con? trolled is in a position to put itself at the disposal of the rank and file of the American people." The governor was given an enthu? siastic reception. TAFT FORCKS RKSP1TK. House Passe* Vetoed Bill for Third Time, bot Senate t'pholds President in Fight for Commerce Court and Lower Body Then Yields. Washington, Aug. 21.?For the third time the house today passed the leg? islative, executive and Judicial bill over the veto of President Taft by a ??ote of 154 to 63, but In the senate the effort to pasa it failed, 34 to 27. As a result the house amended the measure to provide a continuous ap? propriation for the commerce court until March 4, 1913, passed it and to? night it lies v/ith the senate appro? priations committee with good pros? pects that it will pads the senate to? morrow. This id a chronological resume of the progress of the hill today. The solution of the deadlock between con? gress and the white house is believed to have been found, and aa a result, adjournment now looks appreciably nearer. Mr. Taft expressed his delight at the failure of the Democratic plans in the upper body and did not attempt to conceal his satisfaction. No inti? mation waa given at the white house as to whether the new compromise would be acceptable to the president, but senate and bouse leaders are con? fident that the measure will be sign? ed. VlilOROrs INQUIRY. Killing of Kngineer Avers Ijooked into by Mexican Government. Washington, Aug. 19.?The Mexi? can Government Is conducting a vig? orous Inquiry Into the circumstances attending the killing by rebels of the young American civil engineer, Row? an Avers, near Patacurao, State of Mlehaocan. last week. Mr. I^ascuer aln. the Mexican minister of foreign affairs, has informed Ambassador Wil? son that every facility will he afford? ed by the Mexican Government for the conveyance of the body to his pa rents' home. In Cincinnati, though owing to the remoteness of the tragic Segno, communication is difficult. C. C & <>. AND CHARLESTON. Yermlnnl- to he Complete*! Within Twelvn Months. It is reported eg reliable authority thai the Carolina, Cllnehfleld and ? >hio Hallway will have a system of ? ??I piers Completed and in operation at Charleston within twelve months. Many reports have been given Our? rency from time to Urns to the sffeci that the great toal-earrylng road was about to b.-gin construction work hers and each time weeks or even months have elapsed and nothing has been done, li is now confidently stated, however that Charleston will havs become ?? coal exporting point for the '?'.. C, and t >. within a year.?Char? leston News and Courier. this county that Jones 1.000 than this year. If this Is ho majority will be nearer r?oo. says ins SUPPORTERS HAVE GOVERNOR ON THE RUN, Lktter Talk*, of Tlllman und Again Seeks to Lay Stress on Senior Sen? ator's Position of Neutrality. Pickens, Aug. 21.?Gov. Blease to- ! i day again revealed the extent of his anxiety over the effect of the Till man-Sims correspondence and the subsequent Tlllman interview on the Jones-Please race, by reading part of a letter from Senator Tlllman to him dated August 16. That portion of the i letter which the governor read was as follows: "1 did not think I ought to try to dictate to the people as to whom they shall vote for, for 1 have done my best to remain hands off as between the candidates for governor and 1 shall continue to do so. I am not deceiving the people by putting lies in the headlines." Blease also took occasion Jo deny that he had pledged his influence to Col. Jasper Talbert in the Dial-Talbert-Tillman senatorial race. He said that P. H. McGowan, the Washington corre? spondent who reported a rumor to this effect "ought to be called P. H. Liar." Blease talked much today of an alleged plot to compass his de? feat by election frauds and was roundly ridiculed for it by Jones who said: "Why, he is scared to death, friends. He is grabbing at straws like a drowning man. Up at tlaffney he even talked of assassina? tion. Now he is talking about being counted out. Why, 1 have not the slightest anxiety about the election. He Is rattled; we* have him on the run, gentlemen." Gov. Please charged that the State Democratic executive committee was working against him by sending an insufficient number of blank ballots Into Blease counties. He said J. Man ley Smith, former sheriff of Lee county, had written him that only 2,000 tickets had been furnished for that county, though the enrollment exceeded 3,000. Blease said the county chairman at Pickens Informed him that for this county 2,000 less than the quantities of tickets asked for had been supplied. "Pickens and Lee," the governor said, "are Blease counties." Blease'a address was for him un? usually mild in reference to Judge Jones. Today the governor gave most of his time to defense of his sd .ninistration and of his distinctive po? litical policies. He said he would not take a brick from the State in stitutons of higher learning but they are being developed to the detriment of the common schools. Then he turned to a comparison of denomina? tional and State colleges to the dis? paragement of the latter. "Blease and all his cohorts can not keep me out of the governor's chair now." said Judge Jonee. "The great heart of South Carolina has been touched. The hurrahs for Blease have been getting weaker and weaker every day?and these howlers?why, it has only don*1 me good each time they have hollored me down or at? tempted to do so." There were one or two half-hearted attempt? to howl him down here hut Judge Jones easily overcame them. Those apparently were led by Jack Powers, a sign painter, who has been actively work? ing for Please in Greenville. Judge Jones severely arraigned the governor for his threats at Charles? ton and Camden. especially the lat? ter, which was that he would make "this Jones crowd sweat blood" if they should b*> 'Mucky enough** to elect their candidate. A portion of the crowd left when Blease had finished speaking but numbers of persons who did not hear him enme up as Judge Jones began to speak so that the latter candidate addressed si largo an audlenoa as Pickens had furnished during the day, At no time, however, were more than I.S00 persons present. Only one arrest was made and that was for drunkenness, Nothing n?\v came up In the speeches of minor candidates, All the campaigners showed signs of fa? tigue ami of relief at the near end of the canvass, w hich has been p? r haps the most arduous and disagree? able In a score of yean Judge Jones ami Gov, Blease spoke this evening ;it Basley, Pickens county admirers presented Judge Jones and Gov. Please with several tokens of their regard. Judge Jones w as given B srarf pin and a tie clasp, both of gold, Gov. Blease re? ceived an Bilk's ring and s silver scarf pin. REBELS KILL HUNDREDS. GARRISON OF CITY OF LEON, NICARAGUA, MASSACRED. ritislied With Victory, Insurgents Then slaughter 130 of Defend? ers, According to Report*. Managua, Nie, Aug. 18.?(Sunday) (Delayed in v.ransmission.)?Near- ' ly the entire detachment of 500 Nie- | araugan troops, comprising the garri- j son of tho city of Leon, to the north I of Managua, was massacred by a force ' of insurgents last night, according to reports which reached the capltol to? day. Friday news was received by the government that the liberals at Leon had risen in revolt and Gen. Chamor ro dispatched troops to reinforce the garrison of the city. The government troops on reaching Leon camped on the plaza in the centre of the town. The insurgents, who greatly outnumbered the govern? ment f^rce, attacked the city Satur? day end after a tierce engagement tbe garrison surrendered. Instead of holding their captives prisoners of war, it is reported that the soldiers were slaughtered by the rebel?. Out of a force of 500 men all except 70 were killed. After the repulse of the insurgents last Wednesday night, after a four day's battle at Managua in which the American marines and bluejck ets from the gunbot Annapolis and from Panama played a prominent part as defenders of the capital, the in? surgents retired, ostensibly to their headquarters at Massaya, the capital of the department of the same name. It was learned by the government Thursday, however, that the insur? gents had sent large quantities of arms and ammunition from Massaya to Leon through the mountain passes and that the rebels were hurriedly concentrating their forces at the northern city. It also became known that Gen. Mena, the deposed secre? tary of war and leader of the insur? gents, whose health had become great- I ly Impaired, had gone to Leon to di? rect the operations of his men. Lieut. Edward H. Conger of the j American marine battalion stationed i at Managua, returned to the capital this afternoon from Massya where he went to confer with Gen. Mena. Lieut. Conger reports that Gen. Mena Is a very sick man and that the Lib? eral generals, Rebit and Amend, are in command of the insurgents in the south. Communication between Managua and Corinto on the Pacific side of Nic? aragua, either by wire or by railroad, has been cut since Friday. The sev? erance of communication was caused by the uprising that day at Leon. ENROLL WITH ONLY ONE CLVB. State Chairman Calls Attention to Il? legality of Putting Names on Ros? ters of More than One Precinct. Should Not be Countenanced?Re? ward for Conviction of Election Law Violators. ^ Spartanburg, Aug. 21.?John Gary Kvans, chairman of the State Demo? cratic executive committee, issued the following statement tonight: "Information has come to me from various counties in the State that certain persona are causing their names to be enrolled as members of two or more lVrnocratic clubs. This is clearly being done for the purpose Of perperating fraud and should not be countenanced. A reward of $100 will be paid for the apprehension, with proof to convict, of any voter who violates the rules and constitution of the Democratic party and the stat? ute law of this State at the coming primary election, to be held on the 27th inst. "John Gary Kvans. "Chairman state Democratic* Execu? tive Committee." SLATON WINS 1\ GEORGIA. Atlanta Man has Swept State for Gov? ernor. Atlanta. Ga., Aug. 21?United states Senator A. i?. Bacon won the distinction in the Democratic state primaries today of being the only man to be sent to tin- senate from Georgia for four successive terms. Returns up t?> midnight indicated thai he car rled 130 of the i h; counties in the State. His election is assured. in the gubernatorial race John M. Blaton of Atlanta won a sweeping vic? tory over his two opponents, Joe Hill Hall of Macon and Hooper Alexander of Decatur. Alexander, who entered the race on a prohibition platform lost his own county and home town to Blaton. THE ANTITOXIN BILL VETO. STATEMENT FROM MR. GARY ON THE SUBJECT. Some Correspondence and Facts Showing the Truth of the Whole ! M?tter. Anderson Mail. There has been not a little misun? derstanding as to the veto of the governor on the item making appro? priation to pay for antitioxin used by the State board of health. The Daily Mail has heretofore tried to impress 1 its readers that this was not an ap? propriation to buy the antitoxin, but to pay for what had already been used. This antitoxin is a preven? tive and a cure for the dread diph? theria. It is very expensive. The children of parents whocanaffordit m children of parents who can afford it are not the ones who suffer from the need of it, but the poor people who cannot afford it have been protected by a wise and liberal legislature. We are informed that some mill people in Anderson c?unty were beneficiar? ies of ^his very shipment of antitox? in. Of this we cannot speak except by hearsay. Mr. F. Iff. Cary, a member of the last legislature which passed this item over the veto of the governor and paid a debt incurred by the State in saving the lives of its little ones, has requested exact information from the State hoard of health and the following correspondence is self explanatory: Mr. F. Iff. Cary,- Seneca, S. C. Dear Sir: Your letter of Aug. 10, duly received. The sum of $3,289.20 was asked for by the State board of health to cover money due the Na? tional Vaccine and Antitoxin Co., for antitoxin which was distributed free to all citizens of South Carolina up? on application of their physician, ac? cording to the law; also money duo the National Vaccine and Antitoxin Co., and H. K. Mulford Co., for vac? cine virus furnished free to all per? sons in South Carolina who applied for same to he used for the stamp? ing out of smallpox. According to the law the State I board of health is required to furnish antitoxin free to all citizens when ap? plied for by their physician, and also to furnish free vaccine virus to any person applying for same. It was impossible for the State health officer to regulate the amount of antitoxin and vaccine virus consumed, as the law requires him to furnish antitoxin to physicians and vaccine virus to citizens upon request, and the amount exceeded the sum the legislature ap? propriated for 1911 for the distribu? tion of antitoxin and vaccine virus and this deficit was submitted to the ways and means committee of the house and to the finance committee of the senate. They agreed to make up this deficit and appropriated $4, 133.64. This was appropriated under section 17. health department, Item 6. This item was vetoed by Gov. Blease. The veto of the governor was not sustained by the general as? sembly. The governor did not veto the appropriation of $15,000 for 1912, for the free distribution of antitoxin find vaccine virus and fur the sup? pression of contagious diseases, but by his veto of the deficit he placed the state in the position of having distributed antitoxin and vaccine vi? rus free and yet not being wililng to pay for same. Yours truly. James A. Ilayne, Secretary State Board of Health. Mr. P. M. Cary, Seneca, S. C. Dear Sir: As the state board of health is not in polities and its sole object is for the betterment ??f the health of all the people of South Carolina, 1 would prefer as State health officer, that the hoard be not drawn into a controversy about this matter. The facts, however, are ns stated in the enclosed letter. Yours truly. James A. Ilayne, Secretary State Board of Health. M'CO MBS SEEKS QUIET SPOT. Feeling Need of Rest, Chairman of Democratic National Commit tov Hide*. From World. New York. Aug. 20.?William F. McCombs, chairman of the Demo? cratic national committee, who drop? ped active campaigning ten days i?? i under his doctor's orders, left this city today for a rest of two weeks or more in the country. He was accompanied by Ills sister. In order to insure his having absolute qulel and a rc-pite from politics the place of biw retreal was not disclosed, POUNDER OF SALVATION ARMY DIES IN LONDON. Rev. William Booth Tlie Apostle to the Poor and Depraved Parses Away at the Age of 83?One of the Greatest Evangelists of All Time. Lo don, Aug. 20.?The Rev. Wil? liam Booth, general and commander in-chief of the Salvation Army, C..ied at 10.13 o'clock tonight. He was born at Nottingham in 1829. The vet? eran Salvation Army leader was un? conscious for 48 hours previous to h' death. The medical bulletins had / revealed the seriousness of the^? > eral's condition, which for <jek eg* past, it is now admitted, T.. ^ope less. t / Twelve weeks ago G'^ Jooth un? derwent an operation ?.he removal of a cataract in his eye. For two days after the r Ation indications justified the ho- t the general's re? covery. Then b?>?d poisoning set in and from that time, with the excep? tion of occasional rallies, the patient's health gradually declined. The gen? eral recognized that the end was near and often spoke of his work as being finished. Throughout the Commander-in chief's illness his son, Bramwell Booth, chief ?of staff of the army, s.nd Mrs. Bramwell Booth gave their un? remitting attentions to him both night and day. The aged evangelist died at his res? idence, the Rookstone, Hadle Wood, I some eight miles from London, where he had been confined to his bed ever since the operation. Present at the bedside when the end came were Mr. and Mrs. Bramwell Booth and their daughters and son, Adjutant Catherine Booth and S^rgt. Bernard Booth; the general's youngest daughter, Com? mander Mrs. Booth-Helberd, and Commissioner Howard, Col. Kitching and Dr. Wardlaw Milne. Public interest now centres in the question of a successor to the late commander. Under the constitution of the Salvation Army, the general nominates hi3 successor. That Gen. Booth did several years ago, placing the name in a sealed envelope which was aeposited with the Salvation Army's lawyers with instructions that U Should not be opened until after his death. While nobody knows what name the envelope incloses, the general be? lief in the Salvation Army is that it will prove 'to be that of Bramwell Booth, who for 30 years has been its chief of staff. Where Gen. Booth will be buried has not yet been decided. While every English member of the Salvation Army is convinced that no man was moie worthy of interment in West? minster Abbey, it is not expected this honor will be awarded to Gen. Booth by the abbey authorities. It is the general belief that the comraander-in chiefs last resting place will be be? side that of his wife, who 21 years ago was buried in Abney Park, Stoke Newington. * ^ Starting his career alone as a soap box preacher in the slums of Notting? ham, Eng., at the age of 15 years, William Booth ended It at 84 as head of an army of millions of Salvation? ists scattered through 54 counties.. He fought many real battles in the slums of London and often was in peril of losing his life in the cause, but with those who "allied to his si pport he formed the nucleus of his great movement which was first given the name of the "Christian Mission " The present Salvation Army was never foreseen nor was the name ever deliberately c hosen by any one. Mr. Booth was dictating to a stenograph? er when he used the words: "The Christian mission is a volunteer army." When he looked over the pa? per later he substituted "salvation" for "volunteer * as the stronger word, and the phrase struck fire among his ndssion workers, who seized the mil? itant spirit from it. So great was Gen. Booth's faculty of handling ami inspiring men that Marshall Wols< j once declared that the British army h ?1 taken lessons in methods of organization, distribution and control from the Salvationists. Rowling Match Tniilglil There tvill be a bowling match to? night between the champs and the Game Cocks. This is the first time that these two teams have bolwed in the V. M. c. \ bowling league and the match will be one of interest. At present the Rollers head the league, they having won the greatest number of pins in their match with the Tw triers.